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Chapter 242 Four Knives and One Book

Chapter 242. Four swords and one book

The three of Cui Hao were silent when they heard the words. No matter how competitive they were, they would not dare to argue strongly on such professional issues, otherwise they would lose their bottom line.

But in this way, even what Ren Ping said was acquiesced.

Seeing this, Fan Zhiyi knew that he had completely lost, his face turned purple, and when he wanted to say something, Fan Jingxian stared at him coldly, so he had no choice but to take it back.

At this time, the members of the Nine Families were naturally overjoyed. Rong Qiancheng took a look at Wang Jiandao and said coldly:
"Come on, why don't you invite President Wang out?"

There was a loud response from outside the door, and several burly men walked in.

Today, the nine members gathered in private. Originally, there were no outsiders, but after the appearance of the people from the three provinces, Qi Heng, Su Minghan and other older generations have secretly summoned a group of security guards to avoid any possible mistakes.

"Rong Qiancheng, how dare you! You are only the Nanling City League, and I am the leader of the Jiangning Provincial League!"

Seeing the several people who came in standing in front of him, on the left, on the left, with a look of courtesy first and soldiers later, Wang Jiandao was startled and furious.

Rong Qiancheng snorted coldly: "I've already given Mr. Wang enough face, but it's a pity that Mr. Wang doesn't want it. As for your seat in the Jiangning Provincial League, I don't think you can sit there for a few days."

"What? You!" Wang Jiandao's expression changed.

Rong Qiancheng's words clearly meant that he wanted to replace him, and with the Jiu Family's position in the industry in Jiangning Province, they definitely have the strength. It's all just a matter of thinking or not.

He looked at Cui Hao and the others again, thinking that only the Spring and Autumn League of the three provinces can save him now, otherwise if the Nine Great Families want to come by force, even the headquarters may not protect him.

Rong Qiancheng glanced at Cui Hao and the others: "Mr. Cui, Mr. Zhuang, Mr. Fan, do you have anything to say?"

"No, Mr. Rong, please help yourself."

Both Cui Hao and Zhuang Weinian had expressions of joy and anger.

Fan Jingxian on the side also smiled faintly: "We are willing to bet and admit defeat, so we can do whatever we want."

The implication is naturally to ignore his pleading for help.

Wang Jiandao was at a loss, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Even Qi Heng, Su Minghan and other nine people couldn't help but look at each other, slightly surprised.

It's not that they sympathize with Wang Jiandao, but that this person has an extraordinary status after all, and should be of great help to the Three Provinces Spring and Autumn Alliance, but now he just gave up when he said he would.

More importantly, Wang Jiandao led them here today. It is really shameful to cross the river to demolish bridges, unload mills and kill donkeys like this!
"It's a good sentence to admit defeat, I guess Mr. Fan should be a good Go player?" Qi Heng suddenly sneered.

"What do you mean?"

"The used chess pieces are discarded as soon as they are said, and there is no mercy. Isn't this the way of Go?"

"Haha!" Fan Zhiyi heard the sarcasm in his words, but he didn't get angry, and said lightly: "Elder Qi doesn't need to make a metaphor in secret, this person is really useless to the Three Provinces Spring and Autumn League, just let him go, otherwise let him do it Well?"

"Speaking of which, isn't this kind of food that eats inside and out from your Jiangning Province? It's not from our three provinces."

Qi Heng snorted when he heard the words, since the other party was so shameless, he naturally had nothing to say.

I saw that Wang Jiandao was full of resentment, he was the one who led the people from the three provinces here today, and he was also the one who was decisively abandoned by them.

However, there was no way to save it at this moment. Thinking that the Jiangning Provincial League might no longer have a foothold in the future under the hostility of the nine major families, and it would not even be able to make a name for itself, so I couldn't help but feel discouraged and turned around to leave.

After Wang Jiandao left, several security guards immediately withdrew and, together with the people outside, surrounded the entire hall.

Such a mobilizing scene inevitably made people uncomfortable, but everyone present didn't care, especially the people in the three provinces, as if they never cared about it.

Fan Zhiyi remembered the disastrous defeat just now, felt unwilling to do so, and looked at Lu Ziliang again:
"Mr. Lu, how can their set of Guan Gong get a bonus of 0 points? What kind of hidden rule is this?"

As he spoke, he pointed to Rong Yi and Qi Wulei's five things.

Among these five items, in addition to Shi Youguang's drawing of Guan Gong's figure that he had seen before, there is also a common jade carving of Guan Gong in the Republic of China, a gold-plated bamboo ware, and a porcelain plate painting of a figure of Guan Gong.

But the most precious thing is the commemorative stamp for the 1800th anniversary of Guan Gong's birth, which was the one that got 14 points just now.

Lu Ziliang looked at Rong Yi and Qi Wugen who were standing aside and motioned for them to explain themselves. However, as if they didn't want to show up in public, they shook their heads and waved their hands in refusal.

Helpless, I had no choice but to look at Ren Ping again, thinking that although they picked these five things, it seems that there must be your shadow behind them.

Sure enough, Ren Ping was not polite, and pointed at the five things:

"Brother Fan knows that the so-called statues of Guan Gong are not limited to sculptures, portraits, stamps, and even handicrafts made of bamboo, rattan, metal wire, etc. are included in this category. The key is not the material, but the posture,"

"That's one of the reasons why I said your combination is just the most superficial."

"Hmph, I think the gestures of these five things are just plain, nothing extraordinary."

"Oh? I'd like to ask Brother Fan for advice."

Fan Zhiyi snorted, stretched out his fingers, but pointed at his five Guan Gong portraits:

"The so-called postures of Guan Gong's statues can be divided into several types, such as sitting, standing, holding a knife, bending a bow and shooting feathers, etc. Among them, sitting, standing, and holding a knife are the most common, and others are rare."

"Although I admit my mistake with this bronze statue, since I am just sitting and looking at the Spring and Autumn Statue, it is still rare."

"Look at their five pieces again. Except for one sitting and looking at the Spring and Autumn Period, aren't the rest all holding swords? Compared with my five pieces, they are half a catty, and they are nothing special."

His words caught his ears, except for those who had thoroughly studied the collection of Guan Gong's portraits, such as Rong Yi and Qi Wulei, the others nodded slightly, obviously quite approving.

Ren Ping smiled slightly: "Senior Brother Fan only knows one thing but not the other. There are more than the types of Guan Gong statues you mentioned, and the combination of Guan Gong statues I mentioned is not just a simple combination of five different poses."

"Oh? How do you say it?"

"Take the sword-holding statue just mentioned as an example. This is only the roughest classification of the Guan Gong statue. There are five types of subdivisions, namely the standing sword statue, the back knife statue, the splitting knife statue, the riding sword statue and the horizontal knife statue. picture,"

"The Guan Gong painted on this stamp by Senior Brother Rong is not only a statue of riding alone, but also a statue of riding a sword, which belongs to one of them. The five postures of holding a sword are combined to form a combination, which is called "Five Swords Statue" '."

"Five Swords Statue?"

Most of the people present were hearing this statement for the first time, so they couldn't help but hesitate at first, but seeing Lu Ziliang nodding happily, they knew that Ren Ping didn't need what he said.

In fact, this kind of saying in the collection industry was originally arranged by a few people at will at the beginning, and when it was spread a lot, it gradually became recognized by others, and it became a fixed combination.

Fan Zhiyi took a closer look at the five objects on one side and smiled coldly: "So what? These five of them are not five-knife statues?"

Everyone knows that he is referring to the original figure painting of Guan Gong. In this portrait of Guan Gong, what Guan Gong is holding is "Spring and Autumn", not the Qinglong Yanyue Sword.

When you look closely, the postures of the other four Guan Gong statues correspond to the four types of standing swords, back swords, chopping swords, and riding swords in the five swords statues, except that the horizontal sword is missing.

Although it is not easy to collect all four kinds, but there is a loophole in the end, and I can't help but look at Ren Ping to listen to his explanation.

Ren Ping smiled: "This is indeed not a complete Five-Knife Statue. In fact, the Hengdao Guan Gong Statue among the Five-Knife Statue is extremely rare, comparable to the Bow-Shooting Feather Statue, so usually few people can collect them all."

"In other words, if Senior Brother Rong and Senior Brother Qi really collect the five-knife statue, then the point bonus shouldn't be only 0, right, Mr. Lu?"

"Yes, if it is a true five-knife combination, according to the hidden rules of previous capital competitions, at least 0 will be added. This is already a very high points bonus,"

Lu Ziliang glanced at Rong Yi and Qi Wulei again, obviously expressing his approval:
"And even if there is one missing piece of Hengdao statue and other Guan Gong statues are used instead, this combination is very good. There was such a saying in the early years, I don't remember clearly, it seems to be..."

He pondered for a moment, as if thinking silently, and looked at Ren Ping after a while.

Ren Ping narrowed his eyes: "There are two alternatives to the Hengdao statue. One is the bow-shooting-feather statue that Brother Fan mistakenly thought. Together they are called 'Four Swords and One Bow'."

"The other is the statue of Sitting and Looking at the Spring and Autumn Period in front of me, which is called 'Four Swords and One Book'. Although these two combinations are not as precious as the Five Swords statue, they are the only ones."

"Brother Fan, in fact, it is not impossible for you to combine the five materials of copper, jade, wood, tooth, and stone for the statue of Guan Gong. The only difference is that there is no corresponding posture. , that is the real treasure."

(End of this chapter)